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--- In logic-ot@yahoogroups.com, steve parker <swimorsync@n...> wrote:
> > This is not the point of having irrational time signatures,
> 
> nothing about 5/5 or 3/5 etc is mathematically "irrational"...
> 
> > and furthermore is an incorrect definition of 5/5. 5/5 does exist (time
> > signatures are just simple maths)
> 
> time sigs are •not• maths....the top is a number (granted) but the 
> bottom is a *name* - like minim or "4 or "8".
> these *names* are related to each other by composer direction - a 
> change from 2/4 to 2/8 does not imply a halving of the length of the 
> bar.

Sorry, missed this is the previous reply. It doesn't imply halving the bar lenght, 
because it does.

best regards,


leon

www.leonmichener.co.uk   (check the clip of xenakis if you want to hear some 5/6 
ratios)